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World heritage in danger - IUCN
The Danger List of World Heritage Sites needs radical change if is to remain an effective conservation tool, according to a report released today by IUCN...
Xie Lab uncovers molecular machinery related to stem cell fate
The Stowers Institute's Xie Lab has revealed how the BAM protein affects germline stem cell differentiation and how it is involved in regulating the quality of stem cells through intercellular...
Corals stay close to home
The thought of coral reefs tends to conjure up images of tropical vacations, complete with snorkelling among tropical fish in crystal clear waters...
Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain
When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential...
Platypus Helps Illuminate Ovarian Cancer
Researchers believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer. DNA mapping of the platypus has uncovered an interesting relationship between their sex chromosomes and DNA...
Researchers link gene variant, obesity
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- A gene variant that has been linked to alcohol and cocaine addiction may play a major role in obesity, U.S. and European...
Safer stem cells for therapy
When stem cell researchers in Japan and the United States announced in 2007 that they had developed long-sought methods to return fully developed adult human cells to an embryonic-like state,...
Major study links malaria mosquitoes to Amazon deforestation
(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of the most field-intensive efforts to explore the connection between malaria and tropical deforestation, a team led by Jonathan Patz, a specialist in the link between...
Sequencing effort to chart ants and their ecosystem
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nestled within the twisting fungus gardens of leaf-cutter ants exists a complex symbiotic web that has evolved over millions of years. Now, with the help of a major...
Field trials offer hope of conquering food toxin
Studies in maize show that benign strains of the fungus Aspergillus can outcompete toxic forms that contaminate African crops.
Researchers identify enzyme that makes survival molecule for key vision cells
Research lead by Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, identifying an enzyme that makes neuroprotectin D1...
Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Jellyfish are one of the most awesome marine animals, doing a spectacular and psychedelic dance in water," explain engineers Sung-Weon Yeom and Il-Kwon Oh from Chonnam National University...
Trio of signals converge to induce liver and pancreas cell development in the embryo
PHILADELPHIA - Understanding the molecular signals that guide early cells in the embryo to develop into different organs provides insight into ways that tissues regenerate and how stem cells can...
Freeze, Flipper: Put Down That Fish!
Fisherman Pull Guns, Throw Pipe Bombs At Dolphins Eager To Snatch Their Catch
Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology
Dolphins are supremely agile swimmers, but it wasn't clear how their fins help them maneuver though water. Building scale models of whale and dolphins' fins, a team of US scientists...
Enzyme Fights Mutated Protein In Inherited Parkinson's Disease
An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson's disease, researchers have found.
Implant Bacteria, Beware: Researchers Create Nano-sized Assassins
Infected implants now have a foe. Researchers have created a nanoparticle that can penetrate a bacterial-produced film on prosthetics and kill the bacteria. The finding is the first time that...
Cellulose-hydrogen production from corn stalk biomass by anaerobic fermentation
Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, China-Research, has shown the enhanced cellulose-hydrogen production from bio-pretreated corn stalk by mixed culture in batch tests and a 5 L bioreactor, respectively.
Scientists uncover patterns of genetic changes in mental retardation
Researchers at Radboud University Medical Centre, together with UK Medical Research Council scientists at Oxford University, have uncovered some of the central characteristics of genes underlying mental retardation. The research,...
Wood harvest puts pandas at risk
People should be encouraged to chop down fewer trees for firewood in China's largest panda reserve, says a new report.
PHOTOS: "Hitler's Stealth Fighter" Reborn
See the full-scale re-creation of the top secret Nazi plane that could have turned the tide of World War II—as well as the last surviving example of "Hitler's stealth fighter."
Therapeutic Delivery Of A Gene To Dysfunctional Nerves
In many sensory neuronopathies, painful conditions affecting sensory nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, the affected nerves are in a region known as the DRG. These conditions are difficult...
Gene Evolution Process Discovered
One of the mechanisms governing how our physical features and behavioral traits have evolved over centuries has been discovered.
Unique Portion Of Enzyme Fights Lung Infection
An enzyme known to play a key role in the development of emphysema serves as the first line of defense against bacterial infection of the lung, according to researchers. They...
Fish Protein Link To Controlling High Blood Pressure
Medical scientists are investigating how a species of fish from the Pacific Ocean could help provide answers to tackling chronic conditions such as hereditary high blood pressure and kidney disease....
Science Museum has a vital role in the climate change debate
One hundred years after it first opened its doors, the Science Museum is more relevant than ever
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Observatory: Reading Pigeons’ Brains as They Fly
Ever wonder what goes on inside the minds of pigeons? Researchers in Europe have.